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Golden Binky Award
Congratulations to LETTUCE, located at 1632 Locust St. in Walnut Creek for being the Golden Binky Award winner for the month of October!
Receiving many nominations this month, this establishment always greets Parents and Babies, no matter how many with a welcome smile and helpful hand. Bhatman, the kind owner, has even offered, if the group knows how many babies, mommies and strollers will be coming, to feel free to call and let him know personally and they will set up tables and chairs in an area for us as needed! What a nice treat to arrive and be able to be seated, all together and taking into account the strollers need, thank you!
(Phone Number: (925) 933-5600)
The menu at LETTUCE offers a large variety of gourmet salads, sandwiches and soups. Displaying bins of various greens, from Mixed Greens, Romaine, Butter Lettuce Mix and containers and containers of add options from fruits, nuts, boiled egg and dressings, each salad even comes with a piece of fresh Focaccia bread ranging between $8-$12 for the Create-Your-Own-Salad. The inviting set up greets you as a personal person behind the counter makes your salad right before your eyes and can be accommodating to ‘give or take’ some of the ingredients for each salad. With fun names and delicious ingredients like the VIP (butter lettuce, avocado, shrimp, cranberries, toasted pine nuts and gorgonzola cheese) and the SONOMA (Organic mixed green, tangerine orange, Hass avocado, bosc pear, mango, toasted pecan, goat cheese dressing) just to name two, it’s a healthy option for your lunchtime meal.
The sandwiches and soups are equally as enticing, from the SFO (Grilled chicken, avocado, tomato and alfalfa sprouts, Mayo & cheese (Acme Slab Bread) to the CAPRICE (Fresh mozzarella, tomato, red onion, balsamic drizzle, fresh basil (Acme Focaccia Bread), all would pair nicely with the Butternut Squash with Green Apple soup or the New England Corn Chowder, the options at LETTUCE are healthy, various and delicious!
Offering a healthy lunch and a welcome mat for parents and babies, LETTUCE justly deserves the Golden Binky Award for this month!
Visit their website at: http://lettuce1.net/Menu.aspx
Award winner for November 2009:
Congratulations to Crepes Ooh La La, located at
1548 Locust St., Walnut Creek, for being the Golden Binky Award winner for the month
of November!
Receiving many nominations this month, this establishment always greets
Parents and Babies, no matter how many with a welcome smile and helpful hand. Abdel
Gana, the owner of Crepes Ooh La La welcomes families and always has a nice word
or two for the little ones. He is especially accommodating upon arrival, inquiring
if you need a high chair and inquiring where it may be best to seat you to accommodate
the strollers at hand.
They also offer take out orders if you are in a rush and are happy to do phone orders
as well if you need a filling snack or a hearty meal too! Just come to the front
area, let them know your order is ‘to go’ and it’ll be ready for you promptly! Here’s
the phone number as well for phone orders: (925) 944-5790
The menu at Crepes Ooh La
La offers a large variety of Savory and Sweet Crepes, with the crepe batter delicate
yet cooked to the perfect texture for either set of fillings, it’s a great treat
for lunch or breakfast or an afternoon snack!
You can also add additional fillings to complete your palate’s craving, such as chicken for just another $2.50, it’s a great protein addition for just a little more. Some suggestion favorites from the menu is the “House Special” for example which offers two eggs, two slices of smoked turkey, and cheese (choice of Swiss, cheddar, Jack, or ricotta) for $6.25. Prices range from $4 for the plain cheese to $7.50 for the cheese, spinach and another additional item.
Sweet crepes can be a light treat from a simple crepe with sugar and butter for $2.50 to the chocolate, raspberry, and strawberry for $8. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, check out a delicious combo of Nutella, banana, strawberries, and whipped cream!
For the little ones that need a nibble while you nibble, they even offered a small plate of sliced bananas complimentary if you inquire, with its quick food service and welcoming and accommodating attitude toward families, Crepes Ooh La La deserves the Golden Binky Award for this month!
Award winner for September 2009:
Congratulations to the Silk Road, located at 1440 North Main St., Walnut Creek, for winning this month’s GOLDEN BINKY award. The restaurant welcomed four moms and their strollers with a smile and quickly scrambled to accommodate their needs during the busy lunch hour. Promptly three tables were pushed together so that all the strollers were conveniently situated around the Moms, drinks were taken and lunch was expeditiously provided. Not only was the food delicious and the service was outstanding (their hummus is amazing as well as their flatbread!), but for an extremely filling lunch by utilizing their $10.00 lunch menu, even the bill amount was a bonus. Recognizing the time sensitivity with four babies, the restaurant servers continued throughout the meal to meet each Mom’s needs, from providing a vegetable in place of flatbread due to a baby’s and Mom’s allergies to the quick boxing of leftovers for a speedy departure, this restaurant greatly exceeded our expectations and justly deserves the Sept. GOLDEN BINKY award.
Website: http://www.silkroadwalnutcreek.com/
Award winners for March 2010:
Congratulations to Mimi’s Café, located at 1631 Willow
Pass Road, Concord for being the Golden Binky Award winner for the month of March!
Receiving
several mentions this month, this establishment has several helpful perks for families,
babies and toddlers.
Offering an area and the ability to adjust your needs for tables or booths to accommodate strollers, they understand and offer a homey location for breakfast, lunch or dinner with a small child. Further, the wait, typically is not longer then 15 mins. if that, and usually the hostess is able to seat you promptly.
Offering a wide variety of menu choices, there are even ‘light’ fare menu options for all three meals of the day. One great favorite is the Low Fat Blueberry Muffin, which comes with your Breakfast or as part of a Lunch Salad or ½ Soup/Sandwich/Salad option too. Delicious appetizers for groups like playdate parents, their artichoke and spinach dip is a great item to share while quick soups and hearty assortments of salads make great lunch options. Dinner time, they also include fresh baked french bread mini loaves and carrot raisin bread which is refillable complimentarily as you wait for your meal.
With quick service, special priced lunches and often, coupons are available in the newspaper and online, the meals are reasonable priced and with their vast menu, everyone can find something they would like to eat!
For the little ones that need a nibble while you nibble, they even offered an assortment of eats for your little one complimentary, an example of how thoughtful they are, the food was great for a 6 month+ baby up to toddlers. The little platter came with Cheerios, mandarin oranges, cheese, turkey meat, milk or apple juice. When asked about it, the response of why was “…we would like the parents and caretakers to enjoy their meals with their little ones too,” how nice!
With its quick food service and welcoming and accommodating attitude toward families,
Mimi’s Cafe deserves the Golden Binky Award for this month!
Website: www.mimiscafe.com
Award winner for April 2010:
Congratulations to Claim Jumper, located at 1981 Diamond
Blvd
Concord, CA 94520, Concord for being the Golden Binky Award winner for the month
of April!
Receiving several mentions this month, this establishment has several helpful
perks for families, babies and toddlers.
Offering an area and the ability to adjust your needs for tables or booths to accommodate strollers, they understand and offer a fun location for all three meals breakfast, lunch or dinner with a small child and some amazingly HUGE desserts. The hostess is able to seat you promptly and will be honest with you should the wait be longer then expected, which typically only happens on the weekends during peak times though seating does open up quickly.
Themed after the ‘miner’s appetite’ all portions are HUGE here and the variety of food is great for a group to meet everyone’s different palate’s needs. Offering a wide variety of menu choices, there are even ‘light’ fare menu options for all three meals of the day. Delicious appetizers for groups like playdate parents, their options for appetizers and even side dishes is a great item to share while mini versions of their larger items, like combos of soups and hearty assortments of salads make great lunch options. Their dinner items offer a healthy arrangement of veggies and proteins too.
For the little ones that need a nibble while you nibble, they even offered an assortment of eats for your little one complimentary, an example of how thoughtful they are, the food was great for a 6 month+ baby up to toddlers. Not only do they give you a disposable plastic sticky mat for the little one to eat AT the table with you, but their little platter has a balanced amount of protein, veggies and fruit too. The little platter came with Cheerios, mandarin oranges, cheese, turkey meat, milk or apple juice.
With its grand menu, good service and welcoming and accommodating attitude toward
families, Claim Jumper deserves the Golden Binky Award for this month!
Website: http://www.claimjumper.com/